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The Truth About Us
by Donald Krampert
The Truth About Us is a podcast for men who are done pretending they’re “fine.” Hosted by Navy veteran and transformational life coach Don Krampert, this show reveals the real struggles men face….identity, purpose, confidence, loneliness, pressure, and the path to reclaiming their voice and power.
Episodes
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The Life You're Waiting For
What if the life you’ve been waiting for isn’t waiting for you at all? What if it’s waiting for you to begin? We spend so much of our lives waiting for the right moment. When the kids are grown. When the career settles down. When we have enough money. When we feel more confident. When we finally...
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Who Are You Without The Mask?
How much of your life is built around who you really are, and how much of it is built around who you learned to be? The strong one. The successful one. The dependable one. The funny one. The one who never needs help. Over time, the roles we play can become so familiar that we forget they were…
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The Power of Moving Forward
There comes a moment when you realize that moving forward doesn’t mean forgetting what happened. It doesn’t mean pretending the pain wasn’t real, minimizing what you’ve been through, or acting like the past didn’t matter. It means deciding that what happened to you will no longer determine what...
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When Your Old Life No Longer Fits
Have you ever looked at your life and realized it no longer feels like it belongs to you? Nothing may be obviously wrong. You may still have the career, the relationships, the responsibilities, and the routines you worked hard to build. From the outside, your life may even look successful. But...
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The Dreams You Leave Behind
Have you ever wondered what happened to the dreams you used to have? Not because they weren’t important… But because somewhere along the way, life got louder than your heart. Responsibilities took over. Careers demanded more. Families needed you. Bills had to be paid. And little by little, the...
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Relearning How to Hear Yourself Again
Have you ever felt like you’ve lost touch with who you really are? Maybe you’ve spent years taking care of everyone else, building a career, raising a family, or simply surviving life’s challenges. Then one day, you realize you can’t remember the last time you truly listened to yourself. Welcome…
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The Reset Moment
Most people think change happens when they’re ready. But real change happens when they reach a moment they can no longer ignore. A moment of truth. A moment of clarity. A moment when something inside says, “I can’t keep doing this the same way anymore.” That moment is what I call The Reset…
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Redefining Success After 40
At some point, the life you worked so hard to build stops feeling the way you thought it would. The success is there… The achievements are real… But something feels off. In this episode of The Truth About Us, we’re having an honest conversation about the moment success loses its meaning, and what...
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The Invisible Phase of a Man’s Life
There’s a phase many men experience, but almost no one talks about. It’s the moment when you feel overlooked. Unnoticed. Like everything you’ve built no longer defines you, and no one sees who you’re becoming next. In this episode of The Truth About Us, we dive deep into The Invisible Phase of a...
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The Quiet Struggles of Men
There’s a version of struggle that doesn’t get talked about enough, and it doesn’t show up on the outside. In this episode of The Truth About Us, we’re diving into the silent weight so many men carry….responsibility, pressure, identity, and the feeling of being unseen, even when everything “looks...
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The Identity Crisis No One Prepared Us For
At some point, many men hit a stage in life no one warned us about. You’ve done everything you were supposed to do. You’ve built the life. You’ve carried the responsibility. But something feels still feels a little off. In this episode, we dive into “The Identity Crisis No One Prepared Us For”…
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Who Are You Without Titles
For years, your identity may have been built around what you do. It was built around your career, your role, and your responsibilities. Provider. Leader. Husband. Father. But what happens when those roles shift, or no longer define you the same way? In this episode of The Truth About Us, “Who Are...
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The Cost of Being the Strong One
Many men become “the strong one” without ever realizing the hidden cost. You’re the one people rely on. The one who solves problems. The one who holds everything together. But what happens when the strong one has no one to lean on? In this episode of The Truth About Us, we explore the quiet...
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When Confidence Quietly Disappears
How self-doubt creeps in after years of responsibility. At some point, many men notice something they can’t quite explain. They’re still responsible. Still showing up. Still providing, protecting, and carrying the weight of life. But inside, something feels different. The confidence they once had...
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The Battle After The Uniform
The uniform comes off…but the battle doesn’t always end. For many veterans, the hardest part of service isn’t deployment. It’s the transition to civilian life. In this episode, I speak openly about the identity loss, emotional disconnection, and quiet confidence struggles that can follow military...
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The Loneliness No One Sees | Being Surrounded by People but Feeling Completely Alone
Many men aren’t physically alone, but they feel deeply disconnected. They are husbands, fathers, leaders, coworkers, and providers, surrounded by people every day. Yet quietly, we carry a loneliness we don’t know how to explain. In this episode, I talk about the invisible loneliness that comes…
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Why We Shut Down Instead of Speaking Up
Silence isn’t weakness. For many men, it was survival. In this episode of The Truth About Us, we explore why so many men go quiet when things matter most. Why conversations feel heavy, conflict feels risky, and speaking up can feel more dangerous than staying silent. Shutting down isn’t about not...
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Anger Isn’t the Problem: What Anger Is Really Trying to Tell Us
Anger gets a bad reputation, especially for men. We’re told to control it, suppress it, or be ashamed of it. But what if anger isn’t the problem at all? In this episode of The Truth About Us, we explore what anger is really trying to tell us. Not explosive rage, but the quiet, simmering...
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The Weight We Never Talk About | The Silent Pressure Men Carry
What if the heaviest thing you’ve been carrying, is the thing no one ever asked you about? In this episode, “The Weight We Never Talk About,” we dive into the silent pressure so many men live with every day…the pressure to provide, protect, and perform, no matter the cost. No applause. No…
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I'm Living with PTSD
PTSD doesn’t always look like what people think. For many men, it’s silent. Invisible. And deeply life-changing. In this episode of The Truth About Us, Don shares the real truth about living with PTSD — the symptoms men hide, the shame they carry, and why healing often begins the moment we stop...
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The Turning Point
Every man reaches a moment when something has to change. It’s not loud. It’s not dramatic. And it rarely looks like a breakthrough. It’s a quiet realization that the life you’re living, isn’t the life you want anymore. In this episode of The Truth About Us, Don talks about the turning point….the...
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When ‘I’m Fine’ Is a Lie
Men say “I’m fine” even when we’re anything but fine. In this powerful episode of The Truth About Us, Don breaks down why men hide behind those two words, and the silent cost we pay for pretending we’re okay. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, disconnected, invisible or numb, this episode is your...
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You're Not Broken
You’re not broken, you’re becoming whole. In this powerful episode of The Truth About Us, Don breaks down one of the biggest lies men carry through life: the belief that something is “wrong” with us because of the scars, the failures, or the moments we didn’t see coming. If you’re a man over 40...
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The Masks We Wear
In The Masks We Wear, Don pulls back the curtain on the emotional armor men develop to navigate pain, expectations, pressure, responsibility, and the quiet cost of hiding behind them for too long. This episode unpacks the roles men play, the identities they perform, and the exhaustion that comes...
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The Mirror Moment
In this episode of The Truth About Us, Don explores the silent wake-up call many men experience but rarely talk about. The realization that living on autopilot, wearing expectations, and avoiding hard truths is no longer an option. The Mirror Moment is that point of truth; It’s when the excuses...
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Why Men Over 40 Feel Invisible
Why do so many men over 40 feel unseen, unheard, and overlooked, even when they’re working hard, doing everything right, and carrying the weight of their world on their shoulders? In the premiere episode of The Truth About Us, host Don Krampert exposes the silent reality men rarely talk about…
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The Truth About Us Podcast Intro
The Truth About Us is a podcast for men who are done pretending they’re “fine.” Hosted by Navy veteran and transformational life coach Don Krampert, this show reveals the real struggles men face….identity, purpose, confidence, loneliness, pressure, and the path to reclaiming their voice and power.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Truth About Us is a podcast for men who are done pretending they’re “fine.” Hosted by Navy veteran and transformational life coach Don Krampert, this show reveals the real struggles men face….identity, purpose, confidence, loneliness, pressure, and the path to reclaiming their voice and power.
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The Truth About Us is a podcast for men who are done pretending they’re “fine.” Hosted by Navy veteran and transformational life coach Don Krampert, this show reveals the real struggles men face….identity, purpose, confidence, loneliness, pressure, and the path to reclaiming their voice and power.
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The Truth About Us is created and hosted by Donald Krampert.
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